Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:43:48 -0400 From: "Wayne Sheppard" <mrwayne@mindspring.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Brand New Installed FreeBSD, need Telnet Access. Message-ID: <002701c01f44$f11b28a0$a301a8c0@p3wayne> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96K.1000915142248.1615A-100000@ns1.jigaboos.com>
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Firewalls only protect the network INSIDE the firewall. Anything outside the firewall is vulnerable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Barker" <phire@jigaboos.com> > Firewall? Uhh, if you have a firewall on both systems, only allowing > computer A and computer B to accept connections on port 21, the rest are > denied, no one will be able to sniff your packets, right? > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Wayne Sheppard wrote: > > > From: "Joshua Barker" <phire@jigaboos.com> > > > heh who cares. just enable telnet when you need to use it.. also how is > > > telnet rootable? > > > > You can't enable telnet remotely. So when you really need telnet (ie not > > sitting at the console) you have no way to enable it. > > > > Telnet sends passwords in cleartext. If anyone sniffs your packets, they > > can grab your password. If you su to root (or log in as root), they can > > grab your root password as well. SSH sends all passwords encrypted, > > preventing anyone from intercepting your password. > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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